Muhammad Afsarul Ameen

Muhammad Afsarul Ameen
মুহাম্মদ আফছারুল আমিন
Member of Parliament
In office
29 January 2014 – 2 June 2023
Preceded by M. Abdul Latif
Succeeded by Md. Mohiuddin Bachchu
Constituency Chittagong-10
In office
20 December 2008 – 4 January 2014
Preceded by Abdullah Al Noman
Succeeded by Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu
Constituency Chittagong-9
Minister of Primary and Mass Education
In office
6 January 2009 – 24 January 2014
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
Preceded by Rasheda K Chowdhury
Succeeded by Mostafizur Rahman
Personal details
Born 1 January 1952
Chittagong, East Bengal, Pakistan (now Bangladesh)
Died 2 June 2023 (aged 71)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Cause of death Cancer
Political party Bangladesh Awami League
Alma mater Chittagong Medical College
Profession Doctor, businessman, and politician

Muhammad Afsarul Ameen (1 January 1952 – 2 June 2023) was a Bangladeshi Awami League politician. He became the Member of Parliament for Chittagong-9 in 2008, was re-elected to the constituency (renumbered Chittagong-10) in 2014 and 2018, and was the Minister of Primary and Mass Education until 2014.

Early life

Ameen was born on 1 January 1952. He graduated with MBBS degree from Chittagong Medical College.

Career

Ameen was elected to Parliament from Chittagong-9 in 2008 as a candidate of Awami League. He received 137,106 votes while his nearest rival, Abdullah Al Noman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 127,815 votes.

Ameen was elected unopposed from Chittagong-10 as a candidate of Awami League in 2014. The election was boycotted by all major political parties and Awami League got majority of the seats without elections.

Ameen was re-elected to parliament from Chittagong-10 as a candidate for Awami League in 2018. He received 287,047 votes while his nearest rival, Abdullah Al Noman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 41,390 votes. He served as the chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education.

Ameen was the vice president of the Chittagong City unit of the Awami League.

Death

Ameen died of lung cancer at Square Hospital in Dhaka on 2 June 2023. He was 71.